National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Merstham or Hereford that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Hereford played their last game only four days ago, a Vanarama National League North match. That game, against York City, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Hereford.
Merstham form and stats
Merstham have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against Margate and Balham. Merstham was eliminated in the 1st round qualifying last season in the FA Cup.The Merstham manager might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
In their previous game, led his Merstham to a defeat in the Non League Premier: Isthmian match away at Kingstonian. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Moatside Stadium.
Before that, Merstham had a FA Cup home game versus Margate which ended with a victory 4-1.It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Merstham, who have participated in one training match. Merstham have won 0 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.
Hereford form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Lymington Town in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of FA Cup. They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round qualifying.Two travels in a row for Hereford, whose manager J. Gowling could celebrate last time after the Vanarama National League North win against York City.
A draw for Hereford before that, at their own venue hosting Leamington (1-1).Hereford played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In these three matches Hereford scored 3 and conceded 11 goals.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Forsyth 1 goals | T. Owen-Evans 1 goals | M. Storey 1 goals |
Merstham missing players
Hereford missing players
| Merstham | Hereford | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 13 | 34 | ||
| 50 | 24 | Conceded | C | 11 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 69% | 68% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 31% | ||